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Writing Workshop – What does depression feel like to you?

24th June 2010 By Susan Mann 9 Comments

This is my entry for the lovely Josie’s Writing Workshop over at Sleep is for the Weak.
I went with the prompt “What does depression feel like to you?” I thought I would give this poetry lark another go, maybe third time a charm? Who knows?
Depression

 

I come up gasping for air
I feel the heavy weight push me back down
The world becomes thick and dark
My mind starts to swirl around and around
I can’t think, I can’t move
I try to look around
The darkness takes over
I cannot shake this feeling of dread
I come up gasping for air
Everything is no longer black but grey
I see some light and hold on tight

Yet my mind still swirls around and around

Check out the other entries for this week’s Writing Workshop over at Sleep is for the Weak.
This post is protected under copyright. SusankMann 2009 – 2014

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100 Word Count Challenge - Week 13
Writing Workshop - Waiting
Writing Workshop - A Time I Got Lost

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Creative Writing, Poetry, Writing

Comments

  1. asamum says

    24th June 2010 at 12:29 pm

    That is a terrific depicition of depression. Well done 😀

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  2. New Mummy says

    24th June 2010 at 12:32 pm

    Very powerful, a great poem. I know exactly how you feel x

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  3. elainescott77 says

    24th June 2010 at 1:14 pm

    I think you have a new talent hun, great poem and you described it really well, well done 🙂 luv n hugs xx

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  4. Deer Baby says

    24th June 2010 at 1:39 pm

    Great poem. Really powerful. Isn't it terrible that there's so many of us afflicted?

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  5. YummyNo1 says

    24th June 2010 at 2:05 pm

    Such beautiful words – so powerful x Another great poem twinny x

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  6. TheMadHouse says

    24th June 2010 at 10:26 pm

    Powerful words, I havent done the workship this week, to close to home

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  7. Livi says

    24th June 2010 at 10:36 pm

    Excellent description of depression. Fabulous poem.

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  8. jfb57 says

    27th June 2010 at 10:37 am

    Really perfect description of how I feel when I'm being attacked by my demons. Really well written!I suffer with anxiety & hope to start an occasional series on my blog 'What Will Julia Do Next' ( http://jfb57.wordpress.com ) about depression & anxiety & the effects they have on the sufferer & those around them. I’d be delighted if you would like to contribute in anyway. Please pop over & leave me a message. My post for this Writing Workshop is entitled 'Demons'

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  9. Claire Toplis says

    10th August 2012 at 9:59 am

    Depression to me is a hollowness that absorbs me sometime and I end up beating myself up and feeling so alone.

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